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My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month

Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with the following words 
mostly written January 23rd, 2023,
cuz I, (a...

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Categories: black history, abuse, africa, age, america, anger, betrayal, black
Form: Free verse



Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History Month
Nascent poetic tribute to black history month...
crafted before onset when people of color  
got acknowledged for twenty eight or nine days
depending if leap year occurred. 

Though I yam Caucasian,
rightful to honor most bitter
racist genocidal...

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Categories: black history, abuse, dream, evil, february, grave, hate, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Letter To Grandpa Ralph
As I thought upon the coming of February, the month designated as Black History Month, I began to think upon potential ancestors of long long ago. My imagination got the best of me, and this...

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Categories: black history, christian, family, grandfather, history,
Form: Rhyme
My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History Month
My nascent poetic tribute to black history month

more apropos and alternately titled: 
praise to thee people 
of variegated melanin color,
whose immense understated improvements
and enhancement of webbed wide world
worth more than paltry words
of yours truly can...

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Categories: black history, 12th grade, adventure, africa, anger, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Thank You
Thank You!...

It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate, 
all the hues of brown that made our nation great! 

From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...

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Categories: black history, america, celebration, culture, humanity, leadership, pride, tribute,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member IN CELEBRATION OF 2025 BLACK HISTORY MONTH: A REPOST
IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH: 2025 
				
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Once again, it’s Black History Month; a time to celebrate
And commemorate Blacks and those many organizations
Which have,...

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Categories: black history, allegory, black african american, celebration, encouraging, extended
Form: Prose
Premium Member IN CELEBRATION OF 2025 BLACK HISTORY MONTH
IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH: 2025 
				
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Once again, it’s Black History Month; a time to celebrate
And commemorate Blacks and those many organizations
Which have,...

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Categories: black history, allegory, black african american, black love, endurance,
Form: Prose
Premium Member A Theatre of the Absurd
Theatre of the Absurd

Like an actor in a theatre of the absurd,
there stepped onto the stage a horrid clown,
an ego-maniac who makes his own staff clap for him
and who fast is bringing a nation down.

With...

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Categories: black history, horror,
Form: Quatrain
History
Black History
As this month comes to an end 
I want to begin 
First of all I want to thank so many
I will name a few although there's plenty
Martin Luther King
Had a dream
Yes he did 
That...

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Categories: black history, america, appreciation, art,
Form: Prose
A Drum Major Martin Luther King Jr
" A Drum Major - Martin Luther King, Jr. ... "

( Rom. 13: 7 / Joel 2: 28 )


A Man Stood Up For Courage
In A Time, Others Condoned Evil
A Man Stood Up For Honor
In A...

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Categories: black history, society, tribute, prejudice,
Form: Light Verse
Reasons
Reasons

Sometimes we think, 
Sometimes we drink!
Sometimes our mind,
Is lost in liquor or wine!
The trouble between both black and white, 
Is that each see their view as right!
Let's work together for a single master,
Instead of fighting,...

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© Shaun Best  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: black history, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form: Rhyme
Realizations
Realizations 
 
There was a boy, Who played all day.
His name was Jam, He laughed all the way.
Sometimes sad, But others glad.
Sometimes he had, But was very mad.
Until he viewed, A young man stealing a...

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© Shaun Best  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: black history, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form: Rhyme
We Voted For This
What's up yall it's your boy Lou with something to talk about 
This here is serious I want to know what was we thinking about
See we just had a presidential election look who won 
Im...

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Categories: black history, political, racism, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Journey
Down,
Up.
What can be expected?
Not much.
If you do not jump,
We can all see limitations!
But the Master can create innovations,
Not the popular way!
But there is a way.
Nothing can be achieved,
As long as you are deceived.
Far from this...

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© Shaun Best  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: black history, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form: Classicism
Premium Member Black History Month 2016
I once toiled in delta fields of cotton, knowing that such toil would not always be my LOT. When filled, the cotton sacks were so heavy that I wanted to DROP.
Cotton roes were long, grasses...

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Categories: black history, africa, america, anniversary, beautiful, bible, black african
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Slave Virtues
They were hated, berated, and degraded                             ...

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Categories: black history, america, black african american, endurance, strength,
Form: Couplet
Black History
It amazes me
They say all men were created equally 
But that’s denied throughout history
Theirs starts with constitutions revolutions and bravery
They tell us ours is gangs chains and slavery
It’s pretentious 
And I’m offended
You started the race...

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Categories: black history, africa, black african american, black love, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Gift of Song Pt. Ii
She flinches, shudders as chains tug at her flesh 
The ruthless slave trader and rapist whispers to the auctioneer
And instinctively she knows that it is her turn to be sold.
The noise heightens, her eyes focus...

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Categories: black history, black african american, history, imagination, inspirational, life,
Form: I do not know?
My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History Month Mini Chap Book 1
this just one example of many peoples
   UNFAIRLY subjected
to subservience and exempt
   from enjoying the fruits of their labor.

January twelfth two thousand and ten
(original date this communique writ then 
kept wedged...

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Categories: black history, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form: Imagism
Real Life
Now this poem right here is going to change a man/
This is going to stretch out like elastic bands/
From Dallas to Indiana to Alaska man/
This is going to go down in black history man/

See we...

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Categories: black history, inspirational, girl, brother, brother, girl, drug,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Chic-A-Chatting
I am going to write a funny poem
Why?  Because I feel like it
Why do you go the extra mile?
Great waistline my friend
C'mon
I love watching "Impractical Jokers"
Why?  They are so outrageous and daring
Something I...

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Categories: black history, faith, fun, funny, endurance,
Form: Free verse
My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History Month Mini Chap Book 2
though I yam Caucasian,
   tis rightful to honor that most bitter
racist genocidal crime
   nonetheless ovation qua

   quintessential significant contribution
   vis a vis that doth litter
  ...

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Categories: black history, 12th grade, america, emotions, silence, strength, sympathy,
Form: Political Verse
Reasons
Reasons

Sometimes we think, 
Sometimes we drink!
Sometimes our mind,
Is lost in liquor or wine!
The trouble between both black and white, 
Is that each see their view as right!
Let's work together for a single master,
Instead of fighting,...

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© Shaun Best  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: black history, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th
Form: Rhyme
Message To The Blackman
If slavery was a choice, as some have agreed, then what are we?
If watching your father and mother endure rape or murder was a choice,
Then why do we sit on idle hands, while Trump eradicates...

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Categories: black history, africa, black love, history, strength, uplifting, visionary,
Form: Free verse
Unrest - a Sound of Jumbos
They punch a fist in the air
Anger written on their faces
Those deaths of their own..
Having ignited hidden fires

Rushing over each other arsonist...
Reason and civility is thrown away
Adopting hardwired survival mode
They rant chant and grow furious

Distancing...

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Categories: black history, anxiety, black african american, conflict, emotions, extended
Form: Blank verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things